Chile! Mos Def, actual identify Yasiin Bey, has social media customers debating Drake‘s impact on hip hop! He sparked the conversation after his recent interview comments about the ‘Search & Rescue’ rapper surfaced on-line.
Mos Def shared his ideas on which style Drake falls into throughout an look on ‘The Cutting Room Floor’ podcast. The episode dropped on Patreon earlier this week.
Recho Omondi kicked off the subject, asking, “Is Drake hip hop?” Before responding, Mos Def smirked a bit, whispering, “Why you doing this to me?”
“Drake is pop to me, in the sense like if I was in Target in Houston and I heard a Drake song. It feels like a lot of his music is compatible with shopping.”
Def, who goes by his beginning identify lately, added:
“Or as you know, shopping with an edge in certain instances.”
Host Omondi referred to as Def’s evaluation “fair,” earlier than including that Drake makes “commercial, entertaining, fun, good, formulaic music.”
Mos Def piled on to the host’s suggestions, calling Drake’s music “likable.” He repeated the praise earlier than laughing and describing a pretend buying state of affairs.
The former rapper and songwriter pretended to be somebody inside a mall. He joked about all of the “products” and “SKUs,” earlier than saying “This is the brand new Drake, you hear it?
Peep his full feedback beneath.
Drake Hasn’t Responded To Mos Def, But Social Media Users Are
While the video is selecting up steam throughout social platforms, Drake has but to reply. However, the innanet streets are buzzing with responses to Mos Def, together with what followers assume October’s Very Own would say.
On The Shade Room’s Instagram feed, the roommates are cuttin’ up in the remark part of the podcast clip.
phellie_krueger wrote, “Saying Drake is not HipHop is wild. . Yall say anything that don’t sound like 1992 isn’t HipHop.”
Iamtiffanylatrice wrote, “I can hear Drake now…’You Mos…def-inte-ly shouldn’t be steppin to me, my music for shoppin I just might take ya girl on a spree.’”
@iampat_g agreed, saying, “This is 100% facts, but he never disse dhim honestly.”
@iamstarzz stated, “Drake can lyrically rap better than 90% of the rappers from the 90s , hate me if u must but I put all the ‘time stamp’ freestyles against the ‘rappers’ that we call legends. He bar sh*t down too!”
@biggshott7 wrote, “All I know is I bet not see no Mos Def disrespect in here.”
@nathanielonline advised, “Don’t ask hip hop legends about today’s hip hop artists. It will never add up lol.”
@themasterinvestor wrote, “I hope Drake uses this as an intro on his next single and goes crazy.”
@mar.jayy added, “This is now up there with Aretha saying ‘gowns, beautiful gowns.’”
@bothegoattv stated, “‘Shopping with an edge’ is as accurate as it is wild. I detect a skosh of shade tho lol.”
@somethin_new added, “I have a good sense of humor, and I also like Drake. And this was hilarious to me, with some truth and shade but funny. All these SKUs. Some of y’all fans can lighten up, who cares if Yasin Bey (Mos Def) is relevant now, his opinion is and it’s funny. Laugh and move on.”
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